Coating device and coating method

ABSTRACT

A coating method forming a coating film having a predetermined film thickness on a band-like support body. The method includes conveying the band-like support body; forming the coating liquid on the band-like support body using a coating device fixed on an vibration isolation device; and detecting vibration components on a surface of a floor on which the coating device is disposed and controlling vibration of the active vibration isolation device.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a coating device and coating method,and particularly, to a coating device and coating method suitable forforming a long and wide coating film surface by applying a variety ofliquid compositions of matter to a continuously conveyed web (band-likeflexible support body).

BACKGROUND ART

Conventionally, in the field of photo-sensitive materials or magneticrecording media etc., a coating process for forming a coating film inthat a predetermined coating liquid is applied onto a continuouslyconveyed band-like flexible support body (hereinafter, referred to as“web”) has been employed. Recently, in these fields, a coatingtechnology is required which can provide a coating film having a filmthickness of high accuracy and a surface that is flat and has no coatingirregularity.

Similarly, also in a coating process applied to production of an opticalfilm having various functionalities such as an optical compensationfilm, antireflection film or antidazzle film, the coating technologyabove is necessary.

Conventionally, it has been circumstances that a coating device forapplying a coating liquid onto the surface of a web includes, forexample a type of a roll coater, gravure coat, roll coat with a doctor,reverse roll coater, extrusion, or slide coat, and different coatingdevice is used depending on its application.

In any of these coating devices, in order to achieve a coating filmhaving a film thickness of high accuracy and a flat surface withoutcoating irregularity, it is important to eliminate vibration at coating.For this purpose, a big separate foundation is usually provided on abase level (normally, the first floor in a building) and the coatingdevice, generally, is established on the foundation. According to this,vibration of the foundation itself is suppressed to protect a coatingfilm from being badly affected.

However, in such method, it is requested in principle to establish acoating device on a base level, and so there are disadvantages that theestablishment is very expensive and constraints are posed on design andlayout.

In order to resolve these problems, it is proposed that a reverse rollcoating device is provided with a vibration suppression portion to dampvibration acting on a web (see, Patent Document 1). Also, it is proposedthat at least one drive system is mounted on a vibration isolationsystem when coating a cylindrical base material (see, Patent Document2).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-239432

Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-206660

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

However, even if the various well-known means above are employed, inorder to achieve a coating film having a film thickness of high accuracyand a flat surface without coating irregularity, improvement isrequired, because it is not easy to determine an optimal range ofaspects of facilities, condition settings and the like.

Also, conventionally, in order to achieve a coating film having a filmthickness of high accuracy and a flat surface without coatingirregularity, because it is unknown which parameter of the coatingdevice is to be controlled into an optimal range, only a managementmainly based on past experiences or intuition has been performed, andthen, a clue as to optimization could not be provided.

Further, a coating liquid includes many a time a flammable solvent andtherefore there remain safety concerns unresolved.

The present invention is attained in consideration of such foregoingcircumstances, and it is an object of the present invention, in thetechnical field of forming a coating film having a predetermined filmthickness on a continuously conveyed band-like flexible support body ata location apart by a predetermined distance from coating liquid supplymeans while a coating liquid being supplied by the coating liquid supplymeans, to provide a coating device and coating method for forming acoating film having a film thickness of high accuracy and a flat surfacewithout coating irregularity, in which its establishment does notrequire large expense and a fewer constraints are posed on design andlayout.

Means for Solving the Problems

In order to solve the problems described above, the present inventionsprovides a coating device, comprising: coating liquid supply means forsupplying a coating liquid; and coating means for forming a coating filmhaving a predetermined film thickness on a continuously conveyedband-like support body at a location apart by a predetermined distancefrom the coating liquid supply means while the coating liquid issupplied by the coating liquid supply means, wherein the coating meansis fixed on an active vibration isolation device.

According to the present invention, because the coating means is fixedon the active vibration isolation device, a variety of vibrations aresuppressed to prevent a coating film being affected. As a result, it iseasy to achieve a coating film having a film thickness of high accuracyand a flat surface without coating irregularity. Further, establishmentof the coating device does not require large expense and a fewerconstraints are posed on design and layout. That is, it is notnecessarily required for the coating device to be mounted on a baselevel, and it is possible to install it, for example, on the fourthfloor.

Now, the active vibration isolation device is a device which activelyremoves vibration using a pneumatic actuator etc. in a feedback controlconfiguration and so, is different from a normal vibration isolationdevice (so-called passive vibration isolation device) which useslaminated rubber, an air spring or the like. In case of a commercialdevice, for example, the device with the product name “ActiveMicro-vibration Control Device” available from TOKKYOKIKI CORPORATIONmay be used.

Further, typically, the band-like support body, which is a body to becoated, is often a band-like flexible support body (web), but, thepresent invention may be applied to a band-and-plate-like body such as aglass substrate or a silicon wafer, and a similar effect may beobtained.

In the present invention, preferably, the active vibration isolationdevice may be a device for actively removing vibration by feedbackcontrol of vibration components detected by a sensor to actuate thepneumatic actuator. In an active vibration isolation device in suchconfiguration, various vibrations may be suppressed to prevent a coatingfilm from suffering a bad effect.

Further, preferably, the active vibration isolation device may have anexplosion-proof structure. When such vibration isolation device is anexplosion-proof type, it may excel in a safety aspect.

Also, in the present invention, vibration acceleration acting on thecoating means may be preferably not greater than 0.2 Gal. A variety ofexperiments carried out by the applicant confirmed that in the coatingmeans receiving such vibration acceleration, a coating film having afilm thickness of high accuracy and a flat surface without coatingirregularity can be obtained. The details will be described below.

Moreover, in the present invention, a first order natural frequency ofthe coating means may be preferably not less than 80 Hz. A variety ofexperiments carried out by the applicant confirmed that in the coatingmeans having such first order natural frequency, a coating film having afilm thickness of high accuracy and a flat surface without coatingirregularity can be obtained. The details also will be described below.

Also, the present invention provides a coating method using the coatingdevice above and characterized in that a first order natural frequencyof the surface of a floor on which the coating device is installed isset to not less than 10 Hz. A variety of experiments carried out by theapplicant confirmed that by installing the coating device on such floorhaving such first order natural frequency, a coating film having a filmthickness of high accuracy and a flat surface without coatingirregularity can be obtained. The details also will be described below.

Effects of the Invention

As described above, according to the present invention, because coatingmeans is fixed on an active vibration isolation device, a variety ofvibrations can be suppressed to prevent a coating film from suffering abad effect. As a result, it is easy to achieve a coating film having afilm thickness of high accuracy and a flat surface without coatingirregularity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a production line of an optical compensation sheet inwhich a coating method and coating device according to the presentinvention are employed;

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram with substantial parts being enlargedillustrating an aspect of the coating device;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a coating head partially cut off;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating situations in which thecoating device is established; and

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system configuration of anactive vibration isolation device.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS

10 Coating device

14 Coating liquid tank

15 Pump

16 Web (band-like flexible support body)

18 Coating head

20 Backup roller

28 Coating film

30 Coating head base

32 Active vibration isolation device

34 Depressurization chamber

66 Feeder

68 Guide roller

76 Drying zone

78 Heating zone

80 Ultraviolet lamp

82 Winder

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Now, a preferable embodiment of a coating device and coating methodaccording to the present invention will be described in detail withreference to accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 illustrates a production lineof an optical compensation sheet in which the coating device and coatingmethod according to the present invention are employed. FIG. 2 is aconceptual diagram with substantial parts in this production line beingenlarged for illustrating an aspect of the coating device 10. FIG. 3 isa perspective view of a coating head 18 partially cut off in the coatingdevice 10. FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating situations in whichthe coating device 10 is established.

In the production line of an optical compensation sheet, as shown inFIG. 1, a web 16, i.e. a transparent support body on which a polymerlayer for forming an oriented film is formed in advance is sent forthfrom a feeder 66. The web 16 is guided by a guide roller 68 to proceedinto a rubbing process device 70. A rubbing roller 72 is provided toapply a rubbing process to the polymer layer. A dust removal device 74is provided downstream from the rubbing process device 70 to remove dustadhering to the surface of the web 16.

Downstream from the dust removal device 74, the coating device 10 isprovided to coat the web 16 with a coating liquid including disconematicliquid crystal. Also, downstream from this, a drying zone 76 and heatingzone 78 are provided in sequence to form a layer of liquid crystal onthe web 16. Further, downstream from this, an ultraviolet lamp 80 isprovided to bridge liquid crystal by ultraviolet irradiation to form adesired polymer. Also, downstream from this, a winder 82 is provided towind up the web 16 on which the polymer was formed.

The coating device 10, as shown in FIG. 2, includes a coating liquidtank 14, a pump 15 delivering the coating liquid from this coating tank14, a coating head 18 for coating the web 16 with the coating liquiddelivered by the pump 15, piping for joining these together up and abackup roller 20 disposed opposite to the coating head 18 for supportingthe web 16 at coating.

A constant-flow pump may be preferably used as the pump 15 because ofstability of a supply flow of the coating liquid. As a constant-flowpump, various pumps, for example, a gear pump, roller pump etc. may beused, and especially, the gear pump can be suitably used at coatingaccording to the present invention.

An end of the coating head 18 is disposed opposite and close to the web16 which continuously runs. In the coating head 18, as shown in FIG. 3,a tubular pocket portion 18B is formed parallel to the web 16 in thewidth direction thereof, and the pocket portion 18B for coating isjoined to a supply line 18A. Further, in the coating head 18, a coatingslit 18C having a discharge outlet in the end of the coating head isprovided, and the coating slit 18C is communicated with the pocketportion 18B for coating.

The coating slit 18C provides a narrow flow channel joining the pocketportion 18B and the end of the coating head and extending in the widthdirection of the web 16. Then, a desired amount of the coating liquid tobe applied onto the web 16 is supplied from the supply line 18A to thepocket portion 18B for coating.

Further, in FIG. 3, a method of delivering the coating liquid to thepocket portion 18B for coating by supplying it from the one side of thepocket portion 18B for coating is illustrated. However, in addition tothis method, there may be a method in that the coating liquid issupplied from the one side of the pocket portion 18B for coating anddrawn out from the other side, or in that the coating liquid is suppliedfrom the central portion of the pocket portion 18B for coating and splitinto both side, and either method may be applicable.

As shown in FIG. 2, in the coating device 10, the end of the coatinghead 18 is arranged opposite to the backup roller 20 clockwise rotatingat a position of nine o'clock of it. Further, a distance t between theend of the coating head 18 and the surface of the web 16 is established.As shown, the coating head 18 coats the web 16 with the coating liquidto form a coating film 28, and this web 16 is supported and conveyedclockwise by the backup roller 20.

However, the position of the end of the coating head 18 is not limitedto the position of nine o'clock of the backup roller 20 rotatingclockwise. If it is possible to apply an even coating, the position ofthe end of the coating head 18 may have no limitation.

Further, especially, a size of an external diameter of the backup roller20 has no limitation as possible as an even coating can be applied.Also, a configuration in that a plurality of backup rollers having asmaller diameter are disposed circumferentially in place of the backuproller 20 as shown may be employed.

Moreover, the coating head 18 is not limited to the extrusion type, andany type of a coating head may be employed, if it is configured tosupply a coating liquid from a slit to coat the web 16 with the coatingliquid. Further, coating means not using the coating head 18, forexample, various coating means such as coating means of a roll coatertype, coating means of a reverse roll coater type or the like may beadopted.

Also, a tension controller to control tension of the web 16 and a drivecontroller to control the web 16 to travel, not shown, may be optionallyprovided.

Next, an active vibration isolation device built to explosion-proofspecifications and providing features of the present invention will beexplained in relation to its configuration with reference to FIG. 4. Inthis configuration, the coating head 18 is fixed on a coating head base30, and under four corners of this coating head base 30, the activevibration isolation devices 32 are disposed and the coating head base 30is supported on a floor F via these active vibration isolation devices32.

Further, below the backup roller 20, a depressurization chamber 34 isdisposed, and a reduced pressure in the depressurization chamber 34 mayallow beads of the coating liquid formed between the web 16 and thecoating head 18 to stabilize.

This coating head base 30 may become large in size depending on thewidth of the web 16 etc., for example it may be 2.4×1.5 m in planar sizeand totally weigh up to 6.5 ton. Therefore, because the active vibrationisolation devices 32 are disposed for the coating head 18 fixed on suchcoating head base 30, various vibrations may be suppressed to preventthe coating film from being inversely affected.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a system configuration ofthe active vibration isolation device 32. A load bearing portion 44 issupported on a base 40 of the active vibration isolation device 32 viaan air actuator 42. On this load bearing portion 44, an accelerationsensor 46 for detecting acceleration is fixed. Further, between the base40 and the load bearing portion 44, a displacement sensor 48 fordetecting displacement of the load bearing portion 44 is disposed, andmoreover, on the base 40, an acceleration sensor 50 for detectingacceleration is also fixed.

The load bearing portion 44 is controlled by adjusting a flow ofcompressed air supplied from an air source 52 by a servo valve 54 tosupply it to the actuator 42. This servo valve 54 receives a feedbacksignal from the acceleration sensor 46 through a vibration controller56. Also, a feedback signal from the displacement sensor 48 is sentthrough a position controller 58. Further, the acceleration sensor 50described above is used for feed forward control.

When a disturbance F is added to such system, a control objectrepresented by factors of mass M, damping Z and spring K is controlledby the air actuator 42, and an active vibration isolation system isconfigured in which vibration from the floor is removed and a vibrationsuppression effect is developed for the disturbance F added to the loadbearing portion 44.

As a result, according to the coating device 10 in FIG. 4, it is easy toachieve a coating film having a film thickness of high accuracy and aflat surface without coating irregularity. Further, establishment of thecoating device 10 does not require large expense and a fewer constraintsare posed on design and layout. That is, it is not necessarily requiredfor the coating device 10 to be mounted on a base level (the firstfloor), and it is possible to establish it, for example, on the fourthfloor. Moreover, because the active vibration isolation device 32 isaccording to explosion-proof specifications, it may excel in a safetyaspect.

Next, a reason for why the first order natural frequency of the coatingdevice 10 of not less than 80 Hz is preferable will be explained. Inorder to suppress vibration at coating and prevent a bad effect fromproceeding to the coating film, it is preferable to suppress vibrationacceleration in the coating device 10 as much as possible. In so doing,even if the first order natural frequency of the coating device 10 isless than 80 Hz, the vibration acceleration can be reduced.

However, if the first order natural frequency of the coating device 10is set to not less than 80 Hz, it may be a frequency range of this firstorder natural frequency in that the coating device 10 will oscillatestrongly when vibration is applied. Further, a pitch between layers withstepped unevenness etc. generated at coating corresponds to thisfrequency range. However, a coating film for an optical film (opticalcompensation film, antireflection film etc.) is resistant to generationof stepped unevenness within this frequency range and a bad effect.

From that point, it may be preferable that the first order naturalfrequency of the coating device 10 is not less than 100 Hz, and morepreferable that the first order natural frequency of the coating device10 is not less than 120 Hz.

Next, a reason for why the first order natural frequency of the surfaceof the floor supporting the coating device 10 of not less than 10 Hz ispreferable will be explained. When the active vibration isolation device32 described above is used, if the first order natural frequency of thesurface of the floor is less than 10 Hz, a vibration removal effect maybe scarcely obtained. For example, if vibration has a vibrationfrequency of 100 Hz, it can be damped to about 1/100, but, if avibration frequency becomes less than 10 Hz, only a slight dampingeffect may be obtained.

Therefore, it may be preferable that the first order natural frequencyof the surface of the floor on which the coating device 10 is installedis not less than 20 Hz, and more preferable that it is not less than 30Hz.

Next, formation of a coating film by using the coating device 10 will beexplained. As a coating liquid, for example, a coating liquid havingviscosity of not greater than 10 mpa·s and including an organic solventmay be used. However, a coating liquid having viscosity of rather thanthis and not including an organic solvent may be used.

Generally, as the web 16, a flexible band-like body including a plasticfilm such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET),polyethylene-2,6-naphthalate, cellulose diacetate, cellulose triacetate,cellulose acetate propionate, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidenechloride, polycarbonate, polyimide or polyamide, paper, polyethylene,polypropylene, paper coated or laminated with α-polyolefins such asethylene butane copolymer etc. having the carbon number of 2 to 10 or ametal plate which have a predetermined width, a predetermined length anda thickness of about 2 to 200 μm, or a band-like body having a processedlayer formed on the surface thereof using the relevant band-like body asa base material can be used.

In the production line of the optical compensation sheet in FIG. 1,while the feeder 66 unreels the web 16, coating is carried out with aflow from the pump 15 (see FIG. 2) being controlled so that an averageflow of the coating liquid in the slit 18C of the coating head 18 in thecoating device 10 is 100 to 500 mm/sec, or a conveyance speed of the web16 being controlled so that a film thickness of the coating film 28immediately after coating is 2 to 40 μm.

In drying etc. after coating, the drying zone 76, the heating zone 78,the ultraviolet lamp 80 and the like are set up so that a coating film28 having a coating film thickness of high accuracy and a flat surfaceis achieved. The winder 82 will take up the web 16 after coating anddrying.

A sequence of processes above is conducted preferably in environmentswith a good cleanliness factor, and an optimal temperature and humidity.Therefore, the processes are preferably conducted in a clean room, andespecially, the coating device 10 is preferably disposed in environmentshaving a class of not greater than 100. To this end, a configuration inthat a down flow clean room or clean bench is used together can beadopted.

Although the embodiment of the coating device and coating methodaccording to the present invention has been explained, the presentinvention is not limited to the embodiment above and various aspects canbe adopted.

For example, although in this embodiment, a coater of an extrusion typeis used as the coating device 10, a coater of another type, for examplea bar coater (also called “rod coater” and includes a Mayer bar coater),a gravure coater (such as a direct gravure coater, gravure kiss coater),a roll coater (transfer roll coater, reverse roll coater etc.), a diecoater, a fountain coater and a slide hopper etc. may be suitably used.

Further, for applications of the coating device 10, it may be applicableto not only an optical film such as an optical compensation film etc.but also to various coating.

EXAMPLES

Hereinafter, an example of a coating device and coating method accordingto the present invention will be explained. We formed a coating film onthe web 16 by using the coating device 10 in the production line of anoptical compensation sheet shown in FIG. 1, and evaluated conditions ofthe surface of the coating film.

The coating device 10 was disposed on a coating station provided on thesecond floor portion in a building having a SRC beam structure. Thefirst order natural frequency of the surface of the second floor of thebuilding on which the coating station was provided was 15 Hz. On thissurface of the floor, as shown in FIG. 4, the coating device 10including the active vibration isolation devices 32 of anexplosion-proof type under the four corners thereof was disposed. Thefirst order natural frequency of the entirety of the coating device 10was 120 Hz.

The coating slit 18C of the coating device 10 shown in FIG. 3 has awidth of an aperture of 150 μm (a length in the direction of travel ofthe web 16) and a length of the aperture of 50 mm. A length of a lipland upstream from the coating head 18 is 1 mm and a length of a lipland downstream is 50 μm.

A distance t shown in FIG. 2 between the end of the coating head 18 andthe surface of the web 16 was set to 50 μm, and a negative pressure inthe depressurization chamber 34 in FIG. 4 was set to 1600 Pa.

During coating by the coating device 10, we made a heavy truck having aheavy load on board pass by the building, and measured vibrationacceleration in the coating device 10.

We formed a resin layer for an orientation film by using a celluloseacetate film having thickness of 100 μm as a web 16 (product name:FUJITAC, available from Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.), applying a 2 weight% solution of a long-chain alkyl modified polyvinyl alcohol (productname: POVAL MP-203, available from KURARAY CO., LTD.) by 25 ml/m2 beforecoating with the coating liquid and drying for 1 minute at thetemperature of 60° C.

Coating was carried out by unreeling the web 16 having the resin layerfor the orientation film formed in advance thereon from the feeder 66,forming the orientation film by applying a rubbing process to thesurface of the resin layer for the orientation film by the rubbingprocess device 70 and conveying the web 16 to the coating device 10.Further, a rotational speed of the rubbing roller 72 in the rubbingprocess was set to 5.0 m/sec, and pressing force on the web 16 was setto 9.8×10⁻³ Pa.

As the coating liquid, a methyl ethyl ketone solution produced throughthe addition by 40 weight % of a mixture produced by adding 1 part byweight of a photo polymerization initiator (product name: IRGACURE 907,available from Nihon Ciba-Geigy KK.) to a mixture of discotic compoundsTE-(1) and TE-(2) with a weight ratio of 4:1 and including a liquidcrystal compound was used. Further, in order to easily confirmconditions of the surface after coating, a dye compound was added to thecoating liquid.

Coating was conducted in a manner that a conveyance speed of the web 16was set to 50 m/min and the coating device 10 was adjusted so that a wetfilm thickness is 5 μm at coating.

The temperature in the drying zone 76 was set to 100° C., and thetemperature in the heating zone 78 was set to 130° C. The web 16, afterpassing through the drying zone 76 and heating zone, was irradiated withultraviolet radiation by the ultraviolet lamp 80. Accordingly, liquidcrystal was bridged and a desired polymer was formed. Then, the web 16on which the polymer was formed was taken up by the winder 82.

Example 1

An example 1 is a case where the web 16 is processed under conditionsdescribed above. After the web 16 was taken up, we evaluated conditionsof the surface of the coating film which was formed on the surface ofthe web 16 by a visual sensory examination method.

The largest vibration acceleration in the coating device 10 was 0.2 Galat coating due to the moving truck with the heavy load. From the resultof a visual examination of a part of the web 16 (coating sample)corresponding to this vibration, it was confirmed that any coatingirregularity was not detected and the conditions of the surfaceexhibited excellent.

Comparative Example 1

A comparative example 1 is a case of coating under the same conditionsas the example 1 except for the active vibration isolation device of anexplosion-proof type being unoperated. The measured value of the largestvibration acceleration in the coating device 10 at coating was 0.4 Gal.From the result of a visual examination of a part of the web 16 (coatingsample) corresponding to this vibration, fine coating irregularity onthe coating film was detected.

Comparative Example 2

A comparative example 2 is a case of coating under the same conditionsas the comparative example 1 except for a lighter load loaded on thetruck. The measured value of the largest vibration acceleration in thecoating device 10 at coating was 0.3 Gal (75% of the comparative example1). From the result of a visual examination of a part of the web 16(coating sample) corresponding to this vibration, coating irregularityon the coating film, though minute, was detected, although a smalleramount than that of the comparative example 1.

From the results of the example 1, and the comparative examples 1 and 2,it is confirmed that when the vibration acceleration in the coatingdevice 10 is not greater than 0.2 Gal, an excellent coating film can beachieved.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

As explained above, according to the present invention, because coatingmeans is fixed on an active vibration isolation device, variousvibrations may be suppressed and a coating film can be resistant tosuffering a bad effect. As a result, a coating film having a filmthickness of high accuracy and a surface that is flat and has no coatingirregularity can be achieved.

1. A coating method, using a coating device having a coating means, forforming a coating film having a predetermined film thickness on acontinuously conveyed band-like support body at a location apart by apredetermined distance from a coating liquid supply means while acoating liquid is supplied by the coating liquid supply means, whereinthe coating means is fixed on an active vibration isolation device, thecoating method comprising: supplying the coating liquid to the coatingmeans; conveying the band-like support body; forming the coating liquidon the band-like support body by the coating means and forming thecoating film; detecting vibration components on a surface of a floor onwhich the coating device is disposed by an acceleration sensor on thesurface of the floor and controlling vibration of the active vibrationisolation device; and permitting the coating device to be vibrated at afrequency of not less than 80 Hz.
 2. A coating method, using a coatingdevice having a coating means, for forming a coating film having apredetermined film thickness on a continuously conveyed band-likesupport body at a location apart by a predetermined distance from acoating liquid supply means while a coating liquid is supplied by thecoating liquid supply means, wherein the coating means is fixed on anactive vibration isolation device, the coating method comprising:supplying step of supplying the coating liquid to the coating means;conveying the band-like support body; forming the coating liquid on theband-like support body by the coating means and forming the coatingfilm; detecting vibration components on a surface of a floor on whichthe coating device is disposed by an acceleration sensor on the surfaceof the floor and controlling vibration of the active vibration isolationdevice; detecting vibration components of the active vibration isolationdevice by an acceleration sensor and a displacement sensor disposed onthe active vibration isolation device, and controlling the vibration ofthe active vibration isolation device; and permitting the coating deviceto be vibrated at a frequency of not less than 80 Hz.
 3. A coatingmethod using the coating device according to claim 1, wherein a firstorder natural frequency of the surface of a floor on which the coatingdevice is disposed is set to not less than 10 Hz, and wherein the activevibration isolation device has an explosion-proof structure.
 4. Acoating method using the coating device according to claim 2, wherein afirst order natural frequency of the surface of a floor on which thecoating device is disposed is set to not less than 10 Hz, and whereinthe active vibration isolation device has an explosion-proof structure.5. A coating method using the coating device according to claim 1,wherein a first order natural frequency of the surface of a floor onwhich the coating device is disposed is set to not less than 10 Hz, andwherein a vibration acceleration in the coating means is not greaterthan 0.2 Gal.
 6. A coating method using the coating device according toclaim 2, wherein a first order natural frequency of the surface of afloor on which the coating device is disposed is set to not less than 10Hz, and wherein a vibration acceleration in the coating means is notgreater than 0.2 Gal.
 7. A coating method using the coating deviceaccording to claim 3, wherein a first order natural frequency of thesurface of a floor on which the coating device is disposed is set to notless than 10 Hz, and wherein a vibration acceleration in the coatingmeans is not greater than 0.2 Gal.
 8. A coating method using the coatingdevice according to claim 4, wherein a first order natural frequency ofthe surface of a floor on which the coating device is disposed is set tonot less than 10 Hz, and wherein a vibration acceleration in the coatingmeans is not greater than 0.2 Gal.